Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return.” ~ General Colin Powell (1937- ) US Army General, Secretary of State (2001-05)Source: Popular quote on the internet, but inaccurate, see http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-colin-powell.htmsupposedly spoken in England when asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if US plans for Iraq were just an example of empire building by George Bush.